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DANIEL M. SEGHLER, Ior clNcINNATI, onto.

` Latem 3.1mm. 63,105, .ated March i9, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BAILE TIES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, DANIEL M. SECHLER, of Cincinnati, 1n the-county ofHamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improvedCotton-Bnle '.lie;` and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of thcsame, suilicient to enable oneskilled in the art to which the invention.'appertains to make use of it,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a partof this specification, and in whichi Figure l is a perspective View.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section.

This tie consists of two loops, -arou'nd which the respective ends ofthel hoop are bent and replicated. vThe smaller loop is then passedthrough the larger at a certain point,- and being'slipped back isretained at the nur rower portion of the opening in the longer portion.In the drawings- A is the larger piece or loop, commonly called thcbuckle, and B is the smaller loop, which is engaged by being passedthrough the former, catching behind or below it, o1v outside, accordingas it may be entered. The buckleA has al general square lform, with aslot in it of about the width of the hoop band, say ont.- inch. Thisslot is indicated by the figures 4 4 4 4 at the corners.l In -the edgeof the slot `just mentioned are notches, 5 -5, adapted to allow the loopB to pass through.

In operation', the end C of the hoop band isfolded round th'e bar d ofthe buckle, and replicated underneath The band being then drawn aroundthe bale, the other end, D, oi`- the hoop is folded around the loop B,having the hoop of such a. length as will permit theloop B to be passedthrough the notches 5 5. The loop B is now retracted a short distanceunderneath the buckle, the excess of width of the loop B over thewidyt-hofthe slot v 4 4, preventing its withdrawal; The width of theaperture in loop B corresponds to fit the width of the hoop, and thenotches 5 54 allow the loop B to pass. The hoop D, occupying the Widthof the slot 4 4, cannot shift laterally, and theloop B, having acontinuous margin, cannot get loosefrom the hoop, but is always inposition and can be depended upon. l l I am aware that the hoop has beenfolded around, a pin or plug has been' placed behind the, buckle toprevent its retraction, but such pins are liable to be displaced orl toslip out when a fall of 'the bale jerks it loose suddenly, as maysometimes occur I In my bale tie, each end of the hoop is folded arounda. loop, and one is passed through the other, neither being in danger ofdisplacement either from the hoop or from each other, when once fairlyengaged.

Having described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, s The arrangement off-the buckle A,constructed with notched slot 4-5, and the loop B, adapted andproportioued to engage with the buckle, substantially as described andrepreserited. I I claim the loop B, for attachment to one end of thehoop, and adapted to lock within a buckle, or equivalent deviee, on theother end of the hoop.

' DANIEL M. SECHLER.

Witnesses:

EDWARD H. KNIGHT, GEO. W. ROTHWELL.

